The occult, mysticism, and contemporary art at CCCB
The exhibit ‘Black Light’ explores esoteric traditions in contemporary art since the ‘50s
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15 May 2018 03:37 PM byACN | Barcelona
A new exhibition called ‘Black Light: Secret Traditions in Art since the 1950s’ is now open at the Barcelona Center for Contemporary Culture (CCCB). Opening on May 16, it runs until October 21.
The collection deals with the influence that various secret traditions and practices, such as the occult, mysticism, spiritualism and the paranormal have had on contemporary art since the 1950s until present day. Around 350 different artists are on display, including Antoni Tàpies, Agnes Martin, Barnett Newman, Goshka Macuga, Rudolf Steiner, Alejandro Jodorowsky and William S. Burroughs.
Through paintings, drawings, audiovisual work, sculptures, installations or engravings, the exhibition rejects a purely formalistic understanding of abstraction and deals with subjects like alchemy, secret societies, theosophy, esoteric elements in major religions, eastern philosophies, magic, and psychedelia.
The occult, mysticism, and contemporary art at CCCB
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